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dont know John, that bugger is hard to get to under the back seat, and
if given changing the battery, or not changing the battery would take
the path of least resistance, no one is as diligent as yourself about
staying up on top of what needs to be done and five years can slip
away in a snap...so that's why, John, there are reasons for
everything...not simply making this up...yes the assumption is made
that this customer has had the honor of removing the back seat to
jumpstart people or be jumped and sure they noted how this is a
terrible place to put a battery, like a fuse in an ignition bomb~ please
don't call me any names...I've noted your level above mine (big whoop)
and please ease up on the complements or I'll have to tell Henry! (the
man, the legend, always there to help you too-)....bummer, man :(

Batteries will lose their ability to receive a charge 10% per year, is what
one Electrochemical Engineer of 35 years has to say about this (Mr.
Nawaz M. Qureshi) [my dad]...so yeah John, I'm a douche because I
know a few facts about electrochemstry~ in ten years will not be able to
receive a charge, and will go on what it's got~ I'll remember this!

If that was true and the car was built
in 1999 then in 2010 the battery
would have quit taking charge and I
highly doubt he would have gotten
another 3 years out of it. I called you
a douche but I meant to call you
arrogant. You get on here look at half
of someones issues and jump the
gun and your answer is always the
same, battery or egr. You post an
answer saying you are positive its
one of the two and then assume
people who ask these questions
know nothing about cars. The only
reason you have any points is
because you beg people to mark
them as helpful because 10 more
and you will get a higher rank. The
reason I attack your answers is NOT
because they are incorrect but
because they are only 1 of many
possibilities. I have replaced about
3X more starters than batteries and
99% of the time a battery will slowly
die not just die over night. It will
crank slow or make the starter
solenoid click like a machine gun. A
bad starter however when the key is
turned won't draw current which
won't dim the lights.

Righto, my associate, am not in this for points at all, like when
DavidH25 came back from his ordeal with a sick parent found his
reputation climbed over the top to be number one...yes number one,
was pretty much happy to start with NO points, but yes I am BUSTED
for diagnosing an EGR when the opel CORSA does not even have one
oops and double oops, but that guy knew what I had to say about
keeping your favorite thing in the world from continuing to stay alive put
bob_nueske into this guy's favor....remarkably was able to find an EGR
for his car which wasn't even designed to have one-...so mistakes,
forgiven...just want to help people with their automotive troubles...that's
the only reason I'm here (this and my wife doesn't want me porn
surfin')~

they teased me in Drafting school calling me
"jack_spratt_aristocrat"...guess there's a shred of truth in being somethin'
of a know it all....and still have my front teeth yet~ maybe just (aristocrat)
instead of (dick) should be my new name~

You know John, I spent three years doing smog mechanic work, as I
was third in a staff three, and learned all about EGR's so if I tend to
diagnose this evil device as the culprit, either this or instruction to
activate or not activate can be problematic as well, but quite certain
three years of service twelve years ago pales in comparison to your
experience in all things automotive as well~

Instead of telling someone THIS is the issue guaranteed, replace it and
be on your way try diagnosing the problem with them. When a car arrives
to you with an issue you don't just throw parts at it, if you do then you
will have very displeased customers wondering why they just spent $100
on an egr or battery and the issue still persists. About a week ago you
even had the car owner telling you your answer was not the issue it's
already been tested and passed and you threw something else out there
and they again said that's been tested and its good. You looked arrogant
in the way you presented possible issues and I have a feeling you pissed
the guy off because he ignored your third answer. This question has a
quite a few possibilities and since the person even stated it doesn't even
click that implies that the starter isn't getting any power when the key is
turned, but the battery isn't dead because the other accessories work.
Leone have you tried jumping the starter with the key on to see if it
cranks?

A faulty egr will act almost identically
to a vacuum leak or it will have 0
effect on the engine. You worked on
the egr system 12 years ago? GM
hasn't used vacuum operated EGRs
in the past 15+ my 1990 regal had an
electronic EGR on it that opened
when the MAP sensor told the ecm it
was at a certain point. Faulty egr and
map sensors both have a code for
obd 1 vehicles.

Dude a faulty ignition switch not
sending a signal to the starter
solenoid means no crankey when the
key turney. Do you have any
automotive experience outside of
developing an egr? Key turney no
crankey means starter bad or no
voltage telling starter to crankey.
Battery goodey means ignition
switchey not sending voltage to
starter or starter bad.

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